Hay-rack



(No Model.)

` J. R. STEIN.

HAY RACK.

Patented Feb. zo, 188s.

Wi'nesses:

UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

JACOB R. STEITZ, OF BAY VIEW, WISCONSIN.

HAY-RACK.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 272,791, dated February20, 1883.

' Application filed November 23,1882. (No model.)

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To all whom 'it may concern.-

Be it known that I, JACOB R. STErrz, of Bay View, inthe county ofMilwaukee, and in the State of Wisconsin, have invented certain 'I new'and useful Improvements in Hay-Racks; and I do hereby declare that thefollowing is a full, clear, and exact description thereof.

My invention relates to hay-racks; and it consistsin a device by whichthe binding-poleis locked to hold the hay in place on the wagon.

The drawing isa perspective view ot' my invention as attached to ahay-rack.

A is the rack, which may be of any known construction, and which isprovided, as hayracks usually are, with a front ladder, B. C are thelongitudinal sills of the rack,'and C the cross-sills, and just in therear of the rear cross-sill I pivot a ratchet-stake, D, by means ot'around bar, E, the ends ot' which extend out through ears a, that aresecured to the rear ends of the sills C. The base Dl ofthe stake D ishung` from the bar E, and is heavy enough to steady the stake and givestability to it, as well as to counterbalanee it, that it may be easilyraised to a vertical from the bed of the rack, in which it is designedto lie when the rack is empty. This stake is provided preferably withratchet-teeth b, and over it I pass a binding-loop, F, that carries ahook, f, and then I attach a guard, G, to the inner face of stake D, theoffice of which is to prevent the hay from interfering with the actionof loop F. His the bindingpole, which does not differ from those alreadyin use, and the front ladder is such as hay-racks are usually pro videdwith.

The operation of my device is very simple, and is as follows: When hayis to be loaded onto the rack I lift stake D from the bed and carry itup until it falls back of the axis of its pivot, and then, after the hayhas been loaded, I insert an end of the pole H beneath one of the roundsof the ladder, and, bearing down engagement with the hook fof the loopF, and then I carry the loop F to a horizontal position and drop it downas far on the stake as is necessary to contine the pole tightly over thehay, and just as soonas the loop is released the pole will draw itshooked end up, and, carrying the loop out ofa horizontal position, causeit to bind on the stake and hold all the harder for thedraft that is onits hook; but when the hay is to be unloaded it willonly be necessaryfor the driver to bear down upon the rear end of the pole until the loopis again brought to a horizontal position, or at right angles to thestake, when the loop will easily become disengaged from the teeth of thestake and will permit the pole to be disengaged from its hook.

What I claim as my invention,and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is-

1. The stake I), having guard G, in combination with the hooked loop,adapted tolock the binding-pole without danger of' displacement from theload, as set forth. Y

2. In combination with the sills of a hay- JACOB R. STEITZ.

Witnesses STANLEY S. S'roUT,

H. G. UNDERwooD.

rack, the bar E, pivoted in ears a, secured to

